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Hello all,
I am trying to delete a filesystem that I migrated everything off of. I want to repurpose it's space and step one is to blow it away. It used to replicate to our DR site but I stopped replication and then deleted it from both the source and destination.
So when I go to delete this filesystem I get an error message Delete file system vm1-sata. Operation is not allowed because file system has checkpoints.
| Severity: | |
| Brief Description: | Operation is not allowed because file system has checkpoints. |
| Full Description: | No additional information is available. |
| Recommended Action: | No recommended action is available. For more information and assistance: 1. Log into http://powerlink.emc.com and go to Support > Search Support. 2. Use the message ID or text from the error message's brief description to search. |
| Message ID: | 13691191307 |
However if I putty in and run rs_ckpt vm1-sata -list ALL it doesnt show any checkpoints for me to try a nas_fs -delete ckpt_name.
So how can I delete this filesystem? I don't need it anymore. Is my syntax incorrect?
# fs_ckpt vm1-sata -list ALL
id ckpt_name creation_time inuse fullmark total_savvol_used ckpt_usage_on_savvol
Info 26306752329: The value of ckpt_usage_on_savvol for read-only checkpoints may not be consistent with the total_savvol_used.
id wckpt_name inuse fullmark total_savvol_used base ckpt_usage_on_savvol
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 10:00
fs_ckpt -list -all
use
/nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 10:00
try
/nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2 -o umount=yes
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 10:00
Probably some internal checkpoints from the replication left over
Search the forum – I think we had that case recently
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 10:00
Thanks dynamox. My syntax was wrong, I forgot the dash before the word all.
$ fs_ckpt vm1-sata -list -all
id ckpt_name creation_time inuse fullmark total_savvol_used ckpt_usage_on_savvol
56 root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1 05/27/2011-07:59:27-EDT y 90% 58% 58%
57 root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2 05/27/2011-07:59:32-EDT y 90% 58% 0%
Info 26306752329: The value of ckpt_usage_on_savvol for read-only checkpoints may not be consistent with the total_savvol_used.
$ /nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1
Error 3101: root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1 : filesystem is mounted, can not delete ro_servers=server_2
$ /nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2
Error 3101: root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2 : filesystem is mounted, can not delete ro_servers=server_2
Now my question is, how do I resolve the filesystem is mounted error?
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 10:00
Ok I found it under mounts in unisphere. Deleted it and also su to root just in case you need root and now I get this:
# /nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1
Error 2225: replication internal checkpoint : invalid operation
# /nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2
Error 2225: replication internal checkpoint : invalid operation
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 11:00
$ /nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -delete root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2 -o umount=yes
Error 2225: replication internal checkpoint : invalid operation
Nope, didn't work. Do I need to open up a support case on this? Hate to have to wait awhile to get this done :-(
If the GUI in Unisphere simply gave me the option to override the warning and automatically delete the checkpoints we wouldn't even be in this situation. Instead of a hard error it should be "Filesystem has checkpoints. Would you like to continue deletion? Deletion will also remove the checkpoints". A simple Yes or Cancel would have been appropriate. How do I get that suggestion passed onto developers?
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 12:00
open a chat session, that will be faster
5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 13:00
Yes – use support chat
They will most likely provide you with an support only switch to force deletion
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Posted May 17th, 2012 14:00
interesting parameter ..thanks for sharing
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5676
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Posted May 17th, 2012 14:00
Ok chat fixed it!
So replicaiton was deleted both source and destination, but for some reason the root chkpt's were not removed.
Learned from chat-
First you check the info for the specific file system nas_fs -i vm1-sata
in the ckpts it shows root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1,root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2
Then the command to delete them
/nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -d root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_1 -o umount=yes -ALLOW_REP_INT_CKPT_OP
/nas/sbin/rootnas_fs -d root_rep_ckpt_38_37335_2 -o umount=yes -ALLOW_REP_INT_CKPT_OP
Then look at the file system info again and under ckpts there are none.
Now the filesystem can be deleted!